April Henry: 5 books

While checking into Ye Olde Pioneer Village for her 20th high school reunion, Claire Montrose receives a mysterious package with a heart-shaped box holding her photo. Is it a secret admirer? Before Claire figures out who might might have sent it, another box turns up—in the limp hand of Cindy Sanchez,...

With the exception of rejecting salacious requests for vanity license plates, Claire Montrose leads a monotonous life. Then she inherits a beautiful painting hidden for decades in an old suitcase. Claire takes it to New York, but an expert deems it a forgery. But is it really? Unable to trust anyone, Claire tries to stay alive long enough to find out.

A fiery chain-reaction accident leaves Free Meeker with someone else’s bag and the hitchhiker she picked up dead. Nineteen-year-old Free discovers the bag contains nearly a million dollars-and that the hitchhiker’s body has been identified as hers. Fate seems to be handing her the chance to start over-or is it? Originally from St. Martins, named to Library Journal best books of 2002.

Claire Montrose discovers an engagement ring that has gone missing for 50 years. Did the young woman who owned it really commit suicide? One of Claire's elderly neighbors harbors an old secret—and will kill to keep it hidden. Past and present grow more entangled when neo-Nazis target Claire's Jewish roommate.

When a friend urgently needs her help, Claire Montrose agrees to do a little sleuthing. Years ago, Lori gave up her child to a secretive adoption agency. Now Lori's young son is ill, and the doctors say his only hope is a bone marrow transplant from a sibling. The closer Claire gets to the truth, the more peril she is in. Previously from HarperCollins.